CRYPTOGAMIA. FILICES. Ophioglossum. 325 
ROUOH llOIiSK-TAlL. SHAVE-GaASS. Marshy 
and vvatcry places ; rare. NeUleworth Green, near 
^ Maiisficlil, plentifully. DEEniNG. P. July. 
OPHIOGLOSSUM. SmilL 1106. BHlk. 
761, 
Spica disticlia. Capsv.fa bivalves, immersse, 
transverse dehiscentes. 
Capsules numerous^ nearly globular;, zuilhout 
an eht^iic ring ; united by a membrane into a 
spike; opening crass-zoays when ripe. Seeds 
numerous, minute, 
O. fronde ovata avenla. vulga 
O. Leo/ egg-skaped, veinless, bearing the spike, 
COM.MON ADDPIPS I'ONGUK. Moist cold raeadowg 
and pastures. Newark and Averharu Meadows; South- 
M'cll Meadows; I’oot-sti'e Closes leading to Oxton, be- ^ 
low the hill. Mrs. Pi Got. P. May. 
OSMUNDA. Smith, 1107. 762. 
Spica ramosa, Capsules bivalves, nuda?, glo« 
bosae. 
Sp'ike branched. Capsules distinct, sitting, 
globular, Q...valved; zuithout an elastic ring ; 
opening either vertically or horizontally, 
O. ironde pinnata basi spicifera: pinnulis lu- 
riLilatis crenatis. 
Luna* 1 
na. 
O. Stalk solitary : bunch lateral : leaf winged,^ 
solitary. 
COMMON MOON WORT. Mounfainons meadows and 
pastures, sometimes in shady woods; but not common. 
Oil the Forest near the gateway into Eelwinstow, from 
Retford ; a ^razin^ meadow of Mr. Esam’s, at Sut- 
ton-upon-Trent,between Grassthorpe and Marnham. 
P. June. 
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